Free Web and Application Hosting

Although it looks like the internet is highly popular and it’s not surprising to know that even young people have their own web space, there are still many people, and particularly, companies, without a web presence.

I have a couple of friends who would like to build a website but they are unwilling to pay too much for it becasuse basically they are not web savvy and don’t know the power of the internet.

I told them that under such circumstances, it would be better to build a website on a free host. They should sign up for Free Web and Application Hosting at ByteBooth.com where they would be provided with a free custom domain name, 2 Gigabytes of disk space, 150 Gigabytes of monthly data bandwidth and immediate FTP access where they could upload their files and go live.

I like the fact that ByteBooth has a very simple interface that even beginners could get started easily. On the other hand, more experienced users could make use of their standard FTP interface. Best of all, all these are provided free, and free for life to boot.

Sign up with ByteBooth.com now if you have always wanted you own web space. You can have it now, and free too.

Blog Housekeeping

After blogging for about three years now, this month, I am starting a blog housekeeping exercise. My main concern would be to clean up my dead links, if any and to update my old posts with more relevant information. I normally do not do this because I expect readers to check the date of my posts so they would know if the information in my post would still be relevant.

Well, I realize that there are MANY people who somehow do not check the date of posts and then they say that my information is incorrect. I find this annoying and at the same time amused. However, it just shows the importance of updating older posts with more relevant information.

Other than these, my blog housekeeping tasks seem pretty easy to accomplish except that I am doing from the beginning of my blog until December 2008 and I am doing it across all my blogs. LOL

Block All Unwanted Advertisements

If you are reading this, then you surely are a web user. I believe you would have noticed advertisement all over the internet, not just on websites but also blogs, forums, social networks and other online spaces. Normally, i am fine with these ad units but there are some that irritates me and distract me, especially pop up windows and bubble ads.

Just now, I was informed that Ad Muncher is able to block almost all kinds of advertisements no matter which popular browser we are using but that’s not all. I love the fact that even advertisements on messengers and other programs are blocked. This means that we no longer have to pay to enjoy an ad-free program. I would like to Try Ad Muncher now.

With almost zero advertisements to load on each web page that we visit, we are actually using less bandwidth and at the same time, shorten load times of webpages. No longer do we have to bear with increasing online advertisements, although I do understand that web masters and program creators need them to keep their services free.

AVG Anti-Virus (Free) Settings

I have been using AVG Anti-Virus (Free) for the longest time in all my systems. Anyway, since yesterday, after a regular update, I don’t know what happened to this copy of AVG Anti-Virus (Free) that I am using on my laptop, that I keep getting the pop up notification at the bottom of my screen, near the system tray.

I know that I am able to turn off this notification in the Settings panel, which I have checked, double checked and even triple checked. I have even restarted my laptop since the multiple checks but I am still getting these notifications of this or that suspicious cookie from websites that I know are legitimate, that I have been accessing all these while.

I find this notification totally distracting but the thing is, it’s only the laptop that is having this issue and not my other computer systems.

If you have updated AVG Anti-Virus (Free) these past couple of days, are you facing this problem as well? If you did, how did you disable this notification?

Free Blog Aggregator Hosting

My friend, Trent, has been asking me to help him to look for a free script to build a blog aggregator. Being the lazy me, I have not done so. Luckily, this morning, I chanced upon a free blog aggregator host which allows us to either include our blog in an existing blog aggregator page of similar blogs, or to build our own.

I think that this is a great service whereby if you have one or two blogs, you could join the Feedcluster community, submitting your blog(s) to the correct community of blogs that are of the same niche as yours.

For myself and fellow bloggers who have tens of blogs, I personally have twenty, some active, some not so, FeedCluster.com Aggregator Hosting is great for me to host my own blog aggregator, showcasing only my own blogs.

Feedcluster is very flexible in the sense that we could totally customize it, or brand it if you will. Moreover, they provide us with various blog widgets that we could place on our blogs.

Building a blog aggregator is very simple because Feedcluster is very user-friendly. And with your aggregator live, other users could request for blog inclusion or removal. Users could also subscribe to the feed of the blog aggregator or embed it on their blogs.

Besides building a blog aggregator easily, it is also another way to expand the readership of our blogs.

Facebook Denies Selling User Information

I read with interest Facebook’s denial that they have plans to sell their huge database of user information, rebutting an article on The Sunday Telegraph. Frankly, whether Facebook did have plans to do so or will have plans to do so in the future, I wouldn’t be surprise. Haven’t we come across enough companies that were adamant that they would not be doing something only to do exactly the same thing later on under different circumstances?

In any case, signing up with Facebook or any other websites where they provide us with user agreement to read with fine lines so fine that many of us end up not bothering to read, do know that in any case, your personal information is already disclosed and compromised and they could do whatever they want.

If CIA, FBI or any government or security agency asks for this information, website operators are obligated by law to provide it. Remember the case of Yahoo! disclosing private user information to the Chinese Government?

Branded & Unlocked Mobile Devices & UMPCs

I have been on the look out for a new mobile device lately. I really do not feel like spending more than necessary in view of the poor economy but then it has been two years since my last purchase and it is high time I catch up with technology.

Since the last time I checked, there are more models of mobile devices to select from. Besides taking cost into account, nowadays, mobile devices could do so many things that I don’t even need!

I went to check the website of gadget1 for prices and specifications. They are a leading online retailer of new and unlocked mobile devices based in Australia.

After going through so many brands, Blackberry sure has caught my eye! On this site alone, there are nine Blackberry models to choose from and that would be a tough decision to make! Luckily, they are not too expensive. The high end Blackberry models are comparable to the Nokia that I am currently using but it sure looks sleeker and classier and I think, more suitable for female palm.

Besides new branded and unlocked mobile devices, Gadget Circle also carries the latest branded Ultra Mobile PCs from Sony, HTC, Above Net and Raon. I’d like to get one too.

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